The Complete Crumb Comics #12 (1997) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Series: The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series)
Issue: #12
Issue title: We're Livin' in the Lap of Luxury
Publication date: March 1997
Key date: March 1997
On-sale date: 1997
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Price: $18.95; 25.95 CAD
Pages: 141.92
Barcode: 978156097264851895
ISBN: 1-56097-264-5

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; colors: Jeff Johnson, R. Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Bobby
1	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	0.48	pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
2	-	blank page(s)	1.48
3	The Complete Crumb	credits, title page	1	pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
4	-	blank page(s)	1
5	The Complete Crumb volume 12- Working With People: Co-Evolution Quarterly, Winds of Change, American Splendor, Zap Comics	credits, title page	3	pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
8	-	blank page(s)	1
9	Introduction	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: ? [as "Somebody"]; letters: typeset
10	-	filler	1
11	A Fantasy	comic story	2	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Harvey Pekar; Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky; Terry Zwigoff
12	CoEvolution Quarterly Illustrations	illustration	0.81	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
13	2000 A.D.; End of the World?	comic story	0.19	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
17	The Harvey Pekar Name Story	comic story	4	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Harvey Pekar
18	Hustlin' Sides	comic story	5	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Jack; Fellow Collector; Millie; Olga; Ralph; Mr Wilson; Dominic; Supervisor
19	High Times Interviews R. Crumb	comic story	5	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Robert Crumb
20	Space Day Symposium	comic story	4	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Robert Crumb; Governor of California; Big Wheel from NASA; Prominent Space Scientist; Rusty
21	Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television	comic story	2	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
22	CoEvolution Quarterly Illustrations / High Times New Morning ad	illustration	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
26	The Goose and the Gander Were Talking One Night	comic story	4	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	The Goose; The Gander
27	The Nerds	comic story	5	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	The Nerds
28	Pass the Jug	comic story	4	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Kansas City Frank Melrose; Georgie
29	The Final Solution	comic story	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	The President of the United States of America
30	A Purely Aesthetic Exersize	comic story	0.79	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Wendy; Bob [Robert Crumb]
31	Those Little Bears We Love So Much	comic story	0.21	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
32	R. Crumb's Mr. Nostalgia	comic story	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Mr. Nostalgia; Zidem
33	Morbid Preoccupations	comic story	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Little Joe; The Grim Reaper
34	Standing Behind Old Jewish Ladies In Supermarket Lines	comic story	5	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Harvey Pekar
35	Jack the Bellboy and Mr. Boats	comic story	6	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Jack; Mr. Boats; Man with Headphones
36	Mr. Lopes' Gift	comic story	3	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Harvey Pekar; Mr. Lopes
37	Rollins On Time	comic story	1	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Rollins
38	Yazoo Records & Blue Goose flyers	illustration	2	pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Charley Patton
41	Lap O' Luxury	comic story	10	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Bobby; Betty; Doris
42	The Sky Is, in fact, Falling	comic story	1	script: Moscoso, Spain, Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson; pencils: Moscoso, Spain, Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson; inks: Moscoso, Spain, Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson; letters: Moscoso, Spain, Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson
43	Grim Grids	comic story	3	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
44	Best Buy Comics $1.25 cover	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
45	-	illustration	1	pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Fritz the Cat
46	Complete Fritz the Cat cover	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Fritz the Cat
47	Illustrated Checklist to Underground Comix	cover reprint (on interior page)	2	pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
48	The Snatch Sampler	cover reprint (on interior page)	0.73	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
49	-	illustration	0.27	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Robert Crumb
50	Winds of Change	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb
51	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Harvey Pekar; Robert Crumb
52	Kiwi	comic story	0.5	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
53	Happy Hour Comics	comic story	0.5	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Tony; Henry
54	Aline 'n' Bob Go to the Whole Earth Jamboree	comic story	4	script: Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky; pencils: Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky; inks: Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky; letters: Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky	Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky; Young Giant-Girl; Wavy Gravy (cameo); J. Baldwin (cameo); Punchie
55	The Origins of Mr. Appropriate	comic story	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Mr. Appropriate [Fred Frizbee]; Fran; Hewey; Dewey; Louise
56	Maybe We'll End Like This...	comic story	2	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
57	It's a Hup Ho World	comic story	0.5	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
58	Professor Wanowsky on Welfare	comic story	0.5	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Professor Wanowsky
59	And hey, how about These Kids Today	comic story	0.5	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
60	Searching for the Ultimate Shopping Mall	comic story	0.5	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Patricia Pig
61	Winds of Change Illustrations	illustration	2	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Mr. Appropriate; Reddy Kilowatt
69	The Battle With Reddy Kilowatt	comic story	1	script: R. Crumb, Martin Barnes; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Mr. Appropriate [Fred Frizbee]; "Old Hat" Johnson; Reddy Kilowatt
70	Those Dharma Bhums	comic story	3.66	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Jaf; Suzette
71	The Worry Worts	comic story	0.34	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Worry Worts
72	Mr. Appropriate Goes Into Politics	comic story	1	script: R. Crumb, Martin Barnes; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Mr. Appropriate [Fred Frizbee]; Silksmoothe Smythe; Sam Flotsam
73	Visualize, Actualize, Realize	comic story	1	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Harvey Pekar; Rollins
74	The Young Crumb Story	comic story	7	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Robert Crumb; Harvey Pekar; Marty Pahls; Buzzy Linhart; Liz; Dana Crumb; Bob Armstrong; Dave
75	How I Quit Collecting Records and Put Out a Comic Book With the Money I Saved	comic story	6	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Harvey Pekar
76	Ridin' the Dog	comic story	2	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Harvey Pekar; Sun Ra
77	Jack the Bellboy Meets Stewball	comic story	2	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Jack; Stewball
78	Walkin' and Talkin'	comic story	2	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Harvey Pekar; Mr. Wright
79	Lunch With Carmella	comic story	4	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Harvey Pekar; John; Carmella; Charlie Graham; Rose Rizzo
80	The Kissinger Letter	comic story	3	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Harvey Pekar; Companion
81	-	blank page(s)	4.48
82	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.48	letters: typeset
83	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Aline Kominsky-Crumb; inks: Aline Kominsky-Crumb; colors: Aline Kominsky-Crumb	Robert Crumb

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